The game isn’t without moments. For a couple of minutes at the beginning of the fourth quarter, DeAndre Jordan looks unreal. He opens the period by unfurling a beautiful post sequence on the left side against a good defender, Chris Andersen. Jordan catches the ball in the post, faces up, th[...]

One number jumps out from the box score: The 24 turnovers. Squandering more than a quarter of possessions signifies a sloppy team– and by a fair measure, the Clippers are pretty sloppy tonight. Somehow, though, this game stirs an earnest hope. Gutsy performance would be the rote characterizat[...]

This is the Clippers last game of a 6 game road trip, and as a reward they get a well rested Rockets team that hasn’t played in 4 days. Vegas has set the spread at 15.5, a relatively outrageous number for an NBA game. For all of you innocent cherubs out there who have never gambled, this means[...]

It’s very rare to see a game swing so dramatically in the very first minutes. The Clippers come out and hit their first two shots, and it’s easy to find yourself hoping that the positive momentum from the New York win is carrying over. This hope ends quickly though when Marcus Camby goes[...]

In a game that includes a rim-hanging technical foul in the final thirty seconds of regulation, an inbounds violation inside of four minutes, a New York FGM with no Knick anywhere near the ball or basket, a Baron Davis leg cramp in overtime, seven 3PMs in the first four minutes of the second half, t[...]

By all measures, the Clippers should be buried after a first quarter in which they give up 31 points on 24 possessions. Guards are getting to the rack at will on the Clippers, whether it’s Rajon Rondo, Will Bynum, or even Roko Ukic. Rondo shreds the Clippers defense tonight in the first peri[...]

Teams are getting wise to the Clippers, and you can tell just by the way they defend Eric Gordon. When Eric has the ball up top, the defense snaps to attention — not just EJ’s man, but the interior guys, too. They watch the rookie intently as he sizes up the court. On the Clippers first poss[...]

Sometimes I forget that watching your basketball team can be a source of actual fun. The first half of tonight’s game serves as a reminder. Granted, the Pistons are without Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, Allen Iverson, and Rodney Stuckey, but the Clippers’ offense is fluid, which canR[...]